Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-03-08
OXFORD COUNTY HORSE NOTES.

All AMN ilAhNhtAWHAANH 81 -
Srrrn PgoDucrRs , 49, SoNE IniScs
TmrY HAyE DoNE.--CoN srrLLhrioN
AM GLrNAEu. AND ruriR RrcoRDs
WIVES OrnER HoEsEs Snow rnuE
SrEED.
In recent issue of the Le'riaoH Jour
nal there appeared a communication
from J,,on Russell q Blekhsld. Ia
which he make. the startling announce
msni ,ha, the H,mbleioaian, ATE com
para,ive failure. a. speed producers. lie
cite. Gideon. Constellation And Olenarm
+. conspicuous example,. and oilers a.
evidence the names OF those OF other
blood than won races =, one Of the many
uouins meeting. held in ja', one State.
And a, conclusive proof % he oasr 70
match hi. two.yeAr-old colt. got by
q Hambletonian. with ID. A. Cohins colt.
20, by Eclair. Knox. Mr.. Russell u an
experienced horemAn. good Judge OF
speed, and ha, very fast horse in Star
sar.r bat like All the rest Of poor weak
humanity. hi. statements in regard 20
certain horses are sometimes liable 10 be
affected by per,oaAl feelings. lie, for
ob,iou, reasons. is down oa OlenArm'
and - al Of GlenArm's relation have to
suffer with him.
Now a. regard. the merits Of the
Hamble,onians. We know Of no oae
Who really thinks that this family con.
tain, al there il Of troiiing blood. On
the other hand we know Of 10 well post
cd honemAa bu, will admit that the fe-
cord. show that more horses Of Ham.
bls,onian descen, have 10, records In
$50 than those Of any other descent.
and more Of this family have records ia
.ide of 2:lj than Of All other tamiliespui
together.
A glance AZ the summaries Of all races
10 ,hi. State for the pas, year will reveal
the lac, that, considering the number IN
training aad their age. the Hambleion-
ian. have captured more than their share
Of the purses offered a, the various iro'-
ting events OF the season. AZ the Ban
gor Fair. the two three aud four-year-old
race. were won by HAmbleionian' a,
the State Fair both the stallion cup aud
the purse for three-yeArolds were won BY
members Of this family; and the fastest
time ever made on q Maine track was
made the past season by GlenArm. a
Hamble,onian. Nevertheless we should
no, advise breeders TO conine themselves
too closely TO one family. but try to get
the be., there Is in all the different iioi'
ting families
/, i., however. especially Of Consislla.
ton and his son Glenarm ,hA, we Intend
ed to speak. not particularly . a reply
% what Mr.. Russell said but as there
are several Of their colt. owned in this
section Of the County, l think IL ba, just,
considering thA, they have many enemies
besides the Rus,ells, to give few facts
about these two horses, ,h1, have not
been stated by their envious eri,ieiser.,
and by those who slur them because their
friends do. We do not wish TO be un-
dersiood as taking the ground that Con-
s,slla,ion and GlenAfm are superior to
all other stations ia Maine as sock
horses bu, to those who are indus,ri-
oa.ly proelAiming ,hA, GlenArm n
failure a. a sire Of roiters. we take this
opportunity TO show them how good Au'
,nori,y they are on troliing siAllions' ey
calling attention 20 statement. made by
these same parties In the past.
When Constellation first came before
the public. with the claim that he would
be Of value for improving the horse stock
Of the Pine Tree State, It was urged by
these knowing ones that he could not be
. successful sire. because he could not
uo, any. Although hi, friend' who had
ssen him in bis exercise stated that be
could show a $40 gait. they were no,
noticed. and we heard !, proclaimed from
all aides for two or three years, that he
could no, 20 little bit, nor never would.
For all iha, he won his first race IN
straight heats. 20, a record 10 2:io, and
,ro,,ed the last half Of a mile in l;lI.
Thi. was no, remarkably fast time, but
II was as fa., as bis friends claimed for
him, and faster than some stations have
done, and we did no, hear much said
abOa, him by the wiseseres for some
time. They next turned their attention
10 Glensrm and after We had bred mars
TO Glenarm, we were informed that Glen
arm colts were all small. but aftel
they saw some Of them at the State Fai
Of 1855, where they averaged larger thar
those got by almost any other horse